Chapter 15: Fourth, times have changed

Xu Miaoyun, the eldest daughter of Xu Da, Duke of Wei. History records that she is "gifted and intelligent, chaste and demure", and has the reputation of "female students". Later, he was the concubine of Zhu Di, the king of Yan. The two are husband and wife and have three sons and one daughter. After Zhu Dijing succeeded, he named Xu as the queen. After Xu's death, Zhu Di was grieved and did not reinstate the queen in this life.

For this pair of emperors and queens who have a profound impact on history, Zhu Su is naturally very interested in their love story!

His eyes gradually became gossipy.

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"You recognize us?" Zhu Di was still frowning, but his tone was no longer hostile to the one he had just now. Xu Miaoyun's unintentional appearance dispelled his vigilance.

"The little girl entered the palace to accompany the queen. The father is Xu Da, the Duke of Wei. Xu Miaoyun was not flustered and said unhurriedly. The words are clear.

"Ahh Zhu Di remembered. Mother Queen Ma did often call the nobles in Beijing into the palace to do some spinning and weaving work together.

This habit was left over from Zhu Yuanzhang's previous conquest of the world. At that time, Lao Zhu and his generals went on a campaign everywhere, and only the old and young in the family stayed behind. Queen Ma took on the responsibility of taking care of the soldiers' families, and arranged for the boys in the generals' families to go to school with Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, and the girls were led by her to teach them to spin and weave cloth and be diligent and thrifty.

Not only the children, Queen Ma also took good care of the family members left at home by the generals. She can remember the birthdays of all the old people, and when the day comes, she will definitely visit them in person with gifts. When she encounters difficulties at home, she often saves money and even sells her own jewelry, saving money to help others with difficulties.

This habit still exists today. Lao Zhu's old team is even more respectful to Queen Ma than Zhu Yuanzhang!

Because Uncle Xu was out on the battlefield, his mother approached Uncle Xu's daughter to the palace...... That's right!

Zhu Su suddenly realized. The history books say that Zhu Di and Queen Xu were childhood sweethearts, and it turned out that the root was in Queen Ma.

"Uncle Xu's daughter?" Only then did Zhu Di completely lift his guard. He let go of the hand that was protecting Zhu Su, "Then why don't you go to accompany the queen mother and secretly hide here and cry?" ”

After all, she was just a little girl about ten years old, and after Xu Miaoyun was stunned, the layer of elegance on her face slowly peeled off. His big eyes were filled with moisture again. "I ...... I ......"

"Little Girl...... The little girl was worried about her father, and she was silent for a while, so she ...... in the royal garden."

"It's really ...... to disturb the two highnesses"

Although the girl is young, this cry has a great feeling of pear blossoms and rain. Even Zhu Su, who has experienced the bombardment of countless sexy female stars in later generations, has a stunning feeling.

This little girl, she is a beauty billet!

The little beauty wept, and Zhu Su's gossipy eyes turned to his fourth brother. Zhu Laosi, come on!

It's time to show off the real technology!

"Oh, it turned out to be because of the Northern Expedition. So what's there to cry about! ”

"Don't worry, when I grow up, I will definitely lead my troops north, kill that Wang Baobao with my own hands, and avenge Uncle Xu!"

Xiao Zhu Di clenched his fist with one hand, looking at the north from afar, and the Yongle Emperor, who was chasing the north in the future, was domineering at this moment!

Belch......

Zhu Su held his forehead with one hand......

Is there such a comforting thing as you, Uncle Xu hasn't died yet, okay......

Xu Miaoyun was already stunned. After a few breaths, the little girl's eyes began to burst, and the bean-sized tears were no longer uncontrollable, dripping down the delicate little face on the muddy floor of the garden.

"I ...... I'm a little unwell, so I'll ...... Retire ......" The girl bit her lower lip, obviously sad and tight, but she was still desperately trying to hold back her tears. After a hasty salute, Xu Miaoyun immediately turned around and wanted to run towards the exit of the Imperial Garden.

"Wait!" Zhu Su opened his mouth and stopped Xu Miaoyun.

He first turned around, glared at Zhu Laosi with disgust, and glared at the Yongle Emperor, who was imagining his future heroic appearance on the battlefield, with a confused expression.

Hey, Zhu Laosi is still too tender. After all, it's just a thirteen-year-old hair doll, and the hair hasn't grown yet, and it's not enlightened yet!

Forget it, here's still, let my experienced Zhu Wuye take action to save the situation for this useless Zhu Laosi.

After all, they are brothers in this life, so they reluctantly deign to be a wingman......

"Miss Xu misunderstood. What my fourth brother wants to say is ......"

"Uncle Xu, it's going to be fine."

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

Two voices, a man and a woman, sounded, not only Xu Miaoyun, but even Zhu Di looked puzzled and looked at Zhu Su with a determined face.

"Your Highness the Fifth is saying, my father is fine?" Xu Miaoyun seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and she directly ignored the first half of Zhu Su's sentence. "But what's the exact news?"

Since the news of Xu Da's ambush came, the Wei Mansion was gloomy. Mother, Erniang, etc. are all looking for a living, and the uncles and elders in the family all shook their heads, saying that Dayuan struck a blow to the country, and the grandfather of the country was on other people's territory, and he fell into Wang Baobao's strategy.

She wanted to go into the palace to ask the queen mother for some news, but the queen mother only said kind words and comforted her, and was unwilling to say more.

She heard that a few days ago, His Majesty and the Empress went to the courtyard of the Five Princes, and after they came out, His Majesty rejected the advice to increase the troops on the Great Wall. Perhaps, what did His Majesty and the Queen Niang discuss with the Five Princes, and the Five Princes listened to it?

"The exact news is not ......" Zhu Su hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Anyway, don't worry, Uncle Xu will definitely be fine." ”

"He and Wang Baobao are old rivals, how can they be completely defenseless, even if there are losses, they will definitely not be wiped out."

"After a while, I think there will be news of safety."

Xu Miaoyun's face was overjoyed. Although she has always been smart, she cares about chaos, and it is rare for someone to assert that her father will be fine, and she can't help but want to believe it.

But at this time, Zhu Laosi interjected: "Fifth brother, don't be here to brag nonsense." I'm much more proficient in military affairs than I am in you! Uncle Xu couldn't escape so easily. ”

As soon as these words came out, the two eyes suddenly turned to Zhu Di, who was like a big cat.

Xu Miaoyun's eyes were filled with resentment. No matter how gentle she is, she can't bear this annoying fourth highness cursing her father again and again. Zhu Su's eyes are loveless: Zhu Laosi, I'm helping you make up the pot! Did you dismantle the stage like this?

What a straight man of steel!

"Look at what I'm doing, I'm telling the truth!"

Zhu Di's face was straightforward. He picked up a branch and pulled it on the ground, with a pride of "I know the most about military affairs" in his expression, and said to Zhu Su: "On the side of King Mengyuan Baobao, all the cavalry under his command are waiting for him to attack him unprepared, where will Uncle Xu be given a chance!" ”

"Since ancient times, cavalry raids have always been devastating, this time they are still ambushes, as long as they break through the ranks of the large army, they will definitely not be able to regain their foothold."

"It's just a one-sided slaughter!"

What Xiao Zhu Di said was reasonable, he pointed to the imaginary battle situation map drawn on the ground, and looked at Zhu Su with a serious face. completely ignored Xu Miaoyun's sad and angry gaze on the side.

Zhu Su glanced at him with disgust...... This guy, who is going to deduce these battles with you! Didn't you see Sister Xu's heart on the side!

Big fat crockpot chickens and even Baozong, how did they come to this world?

Ay? If the Castle Sect was evaporated in advance, it wouldn't seem bad?

Seeing that Sister Xu's longing eyes turned to herself, she seemed to want to refute this Hanhan who was bent on cursing Xu Da to death.

In order not to make the little girl sad, Zhu Su sighed and said leisurely: "Fourth brother, your so-called 'since ancient times' refers to the war examples in the past history, right?" ”

"Have you forgotten that our Ming army is equipped with a large number of muskets, which is enough to stabilize the formation in the charge of the Mongol cavalry......"

According to historical records, in the battle of Lingbei, Xu Da relied on the firearms battalion, barely stabilized the position in the impact of the Mongolian cavalry, although he damaged nearly 10,000 Ming troops, but still led a large army to retreat to the Great Wall safely.

"Muskets?" Zhu Laosi frowned. He did forget about the existence of muskets. "Indeed, muskets can restrain cavalry assaults to a certain extent."

"But the musket is very slow to reload, and Wang Baobao is ambushed, and he will break into the formation in the blink of an eye. Uncle Xu, they will definitely not be able to parry. ”

Zhu Di continued to think. When he was a child, he liked to wander in the barracks, often pestering his cousin Li Wenzhong to ask questions, and he was very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of muskets.

Seeing that this guy was still stubborn, Zhu Su subconsciously said: "The rate of fire of the musket is not enough, you can use three shots!" ”

"Three-stage strike?" Zhu Di looked puzzled.

"It's the musketeers, front, center, and back, in three columns." Zhu Su explained. "In small groups of three, the musketeers at the front fired first, then retreated to the rear of the line to concentrate on reloading their ammunition, and the second soldier stepped forward to fire. Then, a third person ......"

"By the time the third person had finished firing, the first person was reloaded. The three of them alternately reloaded and fired, and the projectiles poured out, dense like rain, and did not stop for a moment. ”

In this way, no matter how fast the Mengyuan cavalry is, they will not be able to break through the formation. Rush over as much as you want to die. It was suddenly ambushed by the cavalry, and it was not difficult to regroup. ”

In fact, in the history books, there is no record that Xu Da used the "three-stage strike" method in the battle of Lingbei. Zhu Su just said it in a hurry to refute Zhu Di.

The earliest three-stage attack actually came from Zhu Yuanzhang's righteous son Mu Ying, who commanded the musketeers to use the three-stage attack when pacifying Yunnan. And Mu Ying's pacification of Yunnan was in the fourteenth year of Hongwu. Now, it's only five years of Hongwu!

However, Zhu Su's theory of "three-stage strike" was taken out, and Zhu Di, who was suddenly shocked, was stunned, and he kept simulating the battle situation of the three-stage musket formation against the Mongolian cavalry in his mind. As a result, I have to admit that using this tactic can indeed completely suppress the overwhelming Mongolian cavalry!

"Musket tactics, it's so powerful!" Zhu Di's eyes lit up.

Seeing that he had finally persuaded Zhu Laosi, Zhu Su also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He stretched out his hand and patted Emperor Yongle on the shoulder with great pretense: "Fourth, the times have long changed. ”

"Don't be complacent because you think you're proficient in military affairs."

"Let's learn more."